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Fortitude Investment Partners expands team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Private equity manager Fortitude Investment Partners has made a string of appointments this month, including an investor services manager who had worked at Allan Gray (South Africa) for more than a decade. Akyere Sobukwe-Whyte has been appointed as ...

Using super as 'piggybank' would be a 'disaster': Schroder

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... between saving their money and spending it," he said. "Currently the system requires members to open a separate retirement account if they want to draw down - and another if they want to keep contributing. "A streamlined system is an obvious solution. ...

Three retirement products achieve double-digit returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
The retirement products of two industry superannuation funds and a corporate plan achieved double-digit returns of 10% p.a. or more over the last three years, a new analysis from Rainmaker Information shows. UniSuper's Pension Balanced option and ANZ ...

ASIC permanently bans convicted investment manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... According to ASIC, Metal Alpha had a contracted relationship with AlphaThorn to assist AlphaThorn's managed discretionary account investments to wholesale investors through the AlphaThorn Secured Service from February 2019 and through the AlphaThorn ...

Praemium partners to offer more global options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
Praemium has integrated Clearstream's Vestima into its Spectrum platform, offering global fund access and operational efficiency for financial advisers. Vestima supports over 245,000 funds across 55 markets with nearly €4 trillion ($7tn) in assets ...

Clime investments chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Clime Investment Management's chief investment officer has resigned from the post three years after being appointed. Will Riggall tendered his resignation in June. He also exits as a director of the ASX-listed firm, a role he was appointed to last ...

Life insurers double earnings in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Life insurers' earnings have more than doubled to $360 million in the 2025 financial year, according to the latest APRA figures. While revenue only rose 1% year on year to $5.9 billion, profit after income tax jumped by 210% to $116 million. Investment ...

AMP lifts advisers' efficiency game with Grow

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... has launched a new investment menu, offering a plethora of features designed to deliver efficiencies, including cutting account fees, and the ability to mix and match investments from other menus. The new North Grow allows advisers to simplify pricing ...

Alternatives, international equities dominate mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
The number of contestable investment mandates rose to 6007 in the March quarter of this year, according to the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report. Managed accounts was the largest market segment with 2658, followed by 2368 for super, 770 for investment ...

Integro Private Wealth to expand national footprint

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
Perth-based financial advice group Integro Private Wealth has recruited a former AMP partnership manager and beefed up its advice ranks as part of its ambitious expansion plans. Fresh from signing referral partnership deals with accounting practices ...